Writing is usually done by yourself, but sometimes doing it by yourself isn’t effective. There’s nothing like writing with a friend to help you keep track of your time. if you’re writing a blog post instead of editing a chapter, it still counts....

i admit it. We mixed worlds a little in the final month of library classes. I structured our curriculum to cover the final four classes of the year, and we dug into a topic close to my heart. We did a series of library classes about the parts of fiction stories. We...

I want to look at a week’s potential energy the way we used to see a ball just before it’s dropped way back in physics class: this energy can happen. I don’t want to write off a day or a week before it even starts. That said, some weeks you have to...

Today is lovely. The sun shines, the sky offers blue instead of clouds. Roses are blooming. Today I got two rejections. Which one do you think I focused on while walking? Neither, really. It’s the stories I thought about. The stories have to move forward. The...

Teaching these Kindergartners and primary students has been a pleasure. I’ve learned so much from them and we’ve had fun all around. The yearbook has pictures of dancing, singing, field trips to the public library, and a couple of plays we put on as part...